Address Book in Tiger 10.4.3 keeps losing track of the data file

Address Book in Tiger 10.4.3 keeps losing track of the data file associated with it and creates a new file without the data I used to have.
Any methodology to follow to correct this issue?

I think Import would be better, or Migration Assistant, I'm thinking AB changed formats from 10.3 to 10.4, but the stuff for 10.4 For Address Book...
Files...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.abd.plist
Folders...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/com.apple.AddressBook/

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AK
click here to open this script in your editor<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; color: #222; background: #DDD; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:400px">tell application "Address Book"
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